Advertising No-No's

[Bossman1113]

I know a lot about YouTube etiquette, and some of the big no-no's about promoting like comments "I know no one will read this but ...", and spamming other people's channel. But what are the thoughs on pm's. Is it bad to message people on youtube and let them know about your videos.

When thinking about stuff like this, I usually apply the mindset of "would this something I be annoyed by" or "would this be something I'd be interested in? But there are times when i'm both interested and annoyed by messages that promote their videos.

 

[SaKenMadRaj]

When people message me... i block them and never actually read the spam message

 

[jak6jak]

I subscribed to a guy that sent me a pm about his channel but his channel was actually good

 

[SaKenMadRaj]

for me.. you better at least be a sub of mines and have at least commented on a video or two.. dont just randomly video bomb me.. Aint nobody got time for that..

 

[Unknown_User11]

Yeah, I consider almost all PM's spam, def. not a good place to start. Video responses are much better and can drive relevant traffic to your page/

 

[Bossman1113]

Yeah, I consider almost all PM's spam, def. not a good place to start. Video responses are much better and can drive relevant traffic to your page/

But thats only if the video creator accepts the response.

 

[Unknown_User11]

But thats only if the video creator accepts the response.

True, But direct, and relevant traffic is better than random cick through traffic.

 

[Bossman1113]

True, But direct, and relevant traffic is better than random cick through traffic.

I guess you have a solid point there. Do you use the video response strategy?

 

[Unknown_User11]

I guess you have a solid point there. Do you use the video response strategy?

Yes, not much anymore, but when I started it was a key tool I used, along with having as many relevant tags per video that you can.

 

[Bossman1113]

Yes, not much anymore, but when I started it was a key tool I used, along with having as many relevant tags per video that you can.

How many videos would you respond to per your own videos.?